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  1. Re:What kernel bugs? on Linux Needs More Haters · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK, then. How about double-clicking the .deb or .rpm file and installing it that way. Since you don't need to click "next, next, next ..." it's easier than the Window's method.

    "Ridiculous" is not an argument. It's verbal diarrhea. "I disagree" adds nothing more to the conversation than "ridiculous," either.

  2. Re:What kernel bugs? on Linux Needs More Haters · · Score: 1

    I rememeber when I got my first computer, I turned it on to see C:\>. It was useless to me without apps that I could use (I was also introduced to warez that day).

    I remember when I got my first computer. I turned it on to see a prompt (it wasn't C:\> but I don't remember what it was). I got out my monthly magazine and started typing in programs from the back.

    On a more serious note, the Linux Standards Base covers the file system, Freedesktop.org creates specs for menus, icons, inter-process communication, and many other things, the Gnome HIG makes all Gnome apps conform to a standard method of operation, and apt/yum make installation seamless.

    I doubt you use Linux the way it's intended to be used, You can't just jump from Windows and try to make another operating system look/work like it.

  3. Re:For me, it's all about the graphics. on AMD Loses $1.2 Billion and Its CEO · · Score: 1

    True, the radeon driver has 3D, but the nv driver is 2D only. Hopefully, the new radeonhd created from ATI's released specs becomes viable soon. If that happens, I won't buy anything but ATI for a few years after that.

  4. Re:You take the forum far too seriously. on AMD Loses $1.2 Billion and Its CEO · · Score: 1
    Interesting that the comment sitting below you right now is:

    frothy pee wee

  5. Re:Good News for Blizzard, bad news for copyright on Blizzard Wins Major Lawsuit Against Bot Developers · · Score: 1

    I don't think that's what was said. I bet (but don't know) that the use of WoW software is not covered by payments, but that access to the server is.

    The argument above was probably only a logical exercise designed to slowly strangle MDY's lawyer.

  6. Re:Wow... on Blizzard Wins Major Lawsuit Against Bot Developers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So people can stop saying "EULAs have never been held up in court?"

  7. Re:RFTA on Shuttleworth Sees Possibility For a QT-based GNOME · · Score: 1
    More interesting is that the interviewer basically repeated my month-old sig and Shuttleworth answered in a way which basically confirms it.

    ... there are some questions whether or not very large scale infrastructures should immediately jump on the new release...

    I feel vindicated.

  8. Re:Some well known distributions allow a choice .. on Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?" · · Score: 1

    I've done machine code which didn't have any source to build from. Back in the early 80's, writing assembly and machine code really weren't that different and neither was more difficult than the other. I suspect that machine code is significantly more complex for the AMD64 than it used to be for the Z80.

  9. Re:Truth in advertising on Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nothing's wrong with Ekiga except the VOIP equivalent of the MSN vs. Jabber battle. If all your frineds are on MSN or Skype, then you'll be using that protocol. Skype doesn't have any third-party clients, so that means the Skype closed-source client.

    I don't personally use it, though. I don't even LIKE talking on the phone.

  10. Re:There is no answer, it depends on what you want on Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?" · · Score: 1
    It could even be as easy as a post on a mailing list:

    Hey. I'm having strange traffic from my DHCP server during non-use periods. Does anyone know why this would be? Se attached information.

    Then the developers get involved and look for why.

  11. Re:Not a troll. on Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?" · · Score: 1

    And somehow you think this patch you submit would get through code review to be accepted into the trunk? Not likely.

  12. Re:Obligatory... on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Must be a misunderstanding of mine, then. Don't remember where I read it.

  13. Re:Obligatory... on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Except that the grassland used specifically for grazing in theU.S. is 8.5 times the size of NZ.

  14. Re:Obligatory... on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The protests are mostly fueled by the media here (the same media that said Americans would retaliate violently against Koreans living in America and use trade sanctions against the country after the Virginia Tech shootings). There is so much disinformation about the agreement that most people think the opposite of what's happening (e.g. the agreement is for cattle under 30 months while the Korean press says that the U.S. is going to ship old, dangerous cattle it doesn't want for itself to Korea).

    The safety issues are real, but Korea allows Australian beef and wants to block U.S. beef even though Australia has had five incidents of BSE and the U.S. has had two. My co-worker told me that NZ beef was OK because there was more grass in NZ than in the U.S. O_o I honestly believe it's really all about the beef market in Korea and keeping the prices up.

    This is all off-topic. More on point, Korea is the most nationalistic country I've ever been to. I'm surprised they haven't gotten nationalistic WRT operating systems yet.

  15. Re:Obligatory... on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I live in Korea, where every computer runs Windows, no matter how minimal the need. POS terminal in large supermarkets, airport arrival/departure information screens, ATMs, monitors which loop the same video in full-screen all day, every day.

    Korea spends a lot of its time being nationalistic (just look at the anti-U.S. mad cow demonstrations happening now), yet they send I-don't-know-how-many-billions of dollars to the U.S. for Windows XP every year. My Samsung hard drives even used to come with an OEM version of XP.

  16. Re:Sounds real and exploitable.. on Package Managers As Achilles Heel · · Score: 1

    Torrent/Jigdo the current package list AND the packages. The tracker would be on a trusted server.

  17. Re:Reverse Position on Release Team Proposes Gnome 3.0 Plans · · Score: 1

    Funny that the one-paragraph "article" says nothing about the direction Gnome will go, especially about moving toward KDE's concept.

    I was hoping for some real info. I'll have to wait for the Gnome 3.0 wiki to be updated.

  18. Re:Wow on Google Open Sources Browser Sync · · Score: 1

    I think that's actually most of the business model that RMS had in mind when he started the GPL. Get paid for your work once, then set the code free.

  19. Re:When google on Google Open Sources Browser Sync · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm really confused. If you're not about finding the URL, then what are you on about? If you want the content locally, you can just wait for the video to load. then drag it from your /tmp folder to wherever you want it.

    I'm not getting you.

  20. Re:Suggestions... on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    Because the study of SLA in appplied linguistics has determined that it is. There is research spanning over forty years on the subject. The model for language acquisition isn't well determined, but it is known what doesn't work, and G-T is in the "doesn't work" column.

  21. Re:open access on Telecoms Suing Municipalities That Plan Broadband Access · · Score: 1

    As I said, I don't have any in my village, but there are always a couple with a login proxy when I use my laptop in Daegu or other metro areas. Can't remember the names right now, though. Apologies.

  22. Re:Suggestions... on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    You don't understand the difference between acquired and learned language, which is why you think that my assertion is wrong.

  23. Re:Suggestions... on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    Is this you area of expertise, or are you just guessing? If you're guessing, you should read up. If it's your area of expertise, you should retire.

  24. Re:Don't expect any radical shift on Five Ways Microsoft Could Change After Gates · · Score: 1

    People who need Office will continue to use it, unless they can be guaranteed some sort of document compatibility with open source solutions, which isn't perfect in OOo, despite what some might believe.

    Since MS just released all the specs for the MS Office formats, that may be available soon.

  25. Re:Don't expect any radical shift on Five Ways Microsoft Could Change After Gates · · Score: 1

    I still like the idea of virtualizing XP. Identify systems which use the old installer, use a virtual machine which is included in the Windows 7/8 install. Make every app installation a different snapshot off of a base XP install and mount the user directory from the native environment.